A Florida federal judge has rejected a pair of proposed U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission settlements in a case alleging a $21 million crypto trading scheme, giving the short-staffed agency only a few days to explain why she shouldn't dismiss the allegations.
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Judge Scuttles CFTC Settlements In $21M Crypto Scam Case

By Jessica Corso

A Florida federal judge has rejected a pair of proposed U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission settlements in a case alleging a $21 million crypto trading scheme, giving the short-staffed agency only a few days to explain why she shouldn't dismiss the allegations.

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Florida Says Its Immigration Law Doesn't Preempt Federal Law

By Carolina Bolado

Florida asked the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday to overturn a block on a state law that criminalizes the entry of unauthorized immigrants into the state, arguing that there is no preemption of federal immigration law.

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Fla. High Court Hears Ex-Marvel CEO's Punitive Damages Bid

By David Minsky

The former CEO of Marvel Entertainment on Thursday urged the Florida Supreme Court to revive his punitive damages claim over the secret collection of his wife's DNA in connection to a hate letter campaign, arguing his client was wrongfully held to a higher burden in order to establish the claim. 

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Megan Thee Stallion Wins Sanctions Over Deleted Messages

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida magistrate judge Thursday sanctioned online personality Milagro "Mobz World" Cooper for deleting thousands of text messages and WhatsApp data after being told to preserve evidence in rapper Megan Thee Stallion's defamation and cyberstalking suit against her.

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Tort Report: Nuked 'Nuclear Verdict' Stays, Texas Justices Say

By Y. Peter Kang

The fate of a "nuclear verdict" that was used to jump-start tort reform campaigns across the country and a settlement of a suit over a Kiss guitar technician's death lead Law360's Tort Report, which compiles recent personal injury and medical malpractice news that may have flown under the radar.

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LITIGATION

AIG Says Dock Builder Can't Avoid $1.8M Yacht Fire Lawsuit

By Ganesh Setty

An AIG unit urged a Florida federal court Thursday to reject a contractor's claims it can't be held liable for more than $1.8 million in coverage payments over a yacht fire caused by dock wiring that lacked ground fault protection, arguing the state building code required such protection.

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DEALS

Nissan, Drivers Reach Deal To End Faulty Brake Claims

By Emily Field

Nissan North America Inc. and drivers on Thursday reached a settlement in principle in Tennessee federal court that would end multistate claims alleging the automatic braking systems in certain Nissan vehicles would sometimes trigger and cause the cars to stop suddenly, creating an unpredictable hazard.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

Painting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Painting trains me to see both the fine detail and the whole composition at once, enabling me to identify friction points while keeping sight of a client's bigger vision, but the most significant lesson I've brought to my legal work has been the value of originality, says Jana Gouchev at Gouchev Law.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Up Next At High Court: Voting Rights & Warrantless Entries

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court will return Tuesday to hear oral arguments in four cases, including a dispute over the constitutionality of the last remaining provision of the Voting Right Act and whether federal prisoners seeking postconviction relief are subject to the same rules as state inmates.

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Atty's Due Process Claims Challenging Disbarments Trimmed

By Emily Sawicki

A former attorney has had most of a due process suit fighting his disbarment in Florida and reciprocal discipline in Massachusetts and New York thrown out, with a Manhattan federal judge finding that New York lacks personal jurisdiction over out-of-state disciplinary officials.

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CFTC Crypto Task Force Head Returns To Akin

By Aislinn Keely

The former head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Digital Asset Task Force has left the agency to return to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as senior counsel in its white collar defense and government investigations practice.

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9th Circ. Flouting 'Imperial Judiciary' Warning, Judges Assert

By Jeff Overley

A large contingent of Ninth Circuit judges accused colleagues Friday of ignoring recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions limiting legal remedies in politically charged disputes, adding fresh fuel to a heated debate over the judiciary's handling of suits against the Trump administration.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen Paddington Bear's creators and Studio Canal sue the company behind Spitting Image, Blackpool Football Club's former owner Owen Oyston bring a fresh claim against the club, and Mishcon de Reya sue a Saudi investment group.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the full Ninth Circuit held that denials of California anti-SLAPP motions can no longer be appealed in the midst of litigation.

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NJ Senate President Calls For Monitor Of State AG Unit

By Madison Arnold

New Jersey Senate President Nicholas Scutari on Friday called for the appointment of an independent monitor to oversee the state's Office of Public Integrity and Accountability, saying it has been troubled with failed prosecutions, botched investigations and misconduct.

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Ga. Judge Charged With DUI At Florida Strip Club

By Chart Riggall

The Georgia judge who heads up the state's council of superior court jurists was arrested for driving under the influence outside a Jacksonville, Florida, strip club this week after hitting another vehicle with his Mercedes, according to arrest records.

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Brief

Bill Would Let Judges, Prosecutors Carry Concealed Guns

By Courtney Bublé

Two Republicans have introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate that would allow current and retired federal judges and state, local and federal prosecutors to carry concealed firearms in response to increasing concerns about judicial security.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

It is of little solace to general counsel that most big law firms hiked their billing rates this year just slightly less than last year's increase. And it looks like Elon Musk is settling with the former chief legal officer and the general counsel of Twitter, along with two other executives, over their suit to obtain millions in promised severance pay. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Retribution, Intent Claims May Defuse Bombshell James Case

By Phillip Bantz

The Trump administration's indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James is tightly crafted and offers a straightforward presentation of the government's case, but experts say James appears to have a strong argument that she did not intend to break the law and is being unfairly targeted for what amounts to a minor offense.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

Akin Gump

Arnold & Porter

Bailey & Glasser

Baker Donelson

Beasley Allen

Bird & Bird

Blake Morgan LLP

Boies Schiller

Boyden Gray

Brown & Crouppen

Bryan Cave

CMS Cameron McKenna

Carlton Fields

Clifford Chance

Cole Scott & Kissane

Constantine Law Ltd

Creed & Gowdy

DLA Piper

Dean Omar

DiCello Levitt

Dickinson & Gibbons

Edwin Coe

Faegre Drinker

Fried Frank

Frost Brown

Gibbons PC

Gibson Dunn

Gouchev Law

Gowling WLG

Graves Garrett

Greenberg Traurig

Hill Dickinson

Holland & Knight

Howard Kennedy LLP

Hunters Law

Jones Day

Jones Foster

Keystone Law

Kirkland & Ellis

Kula & Associates PA

Latham & Watkins

Lowell & Associates

Mejer Law

Mishcon de Reya

Morgan Lewis

Nabarro LLP

Norton Rose

Pinsent Masons

Quinn Emanuel

Shakespeare Martineau

Shoosmiths LLP

Sidley Austin

Skadden Arps

Smith Krivoshey

Solomon Ward

Stranch Jennings

Sullivan & Cromwell

TLT LLP

Taylor Duma

Taylor Wessing

Wachtell Lipton

Walker Morris LLP

Weightmans LLP

Wicker Smith

Wiggin LLP

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

Wilson Sonsini

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AXA SA

AXA XL Ltd.

Akin's

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union

American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations

American International Group Inc.

American Tort Reform Association

Americans for Immigrant Justice

Association of Corporate Counsel

Big Lots Inc.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.

Comerica Inc.

Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto

Court of Arbitration for Sport

DePuy Synthes Cos.

Deutsche Bank AG

DraftKings Inc.

EE Ltd.

Emirates NBD Bank PJSC

Eventbrite Inc.

Exxon Mobil Corp.

Fifth Third Bancorp

Fitch Ratings Ltd.

Florida Immigrant Coalition

Fort Point Capital

Google LLC

International Finance Corp.

Johnson & Johnson

LinkedIn Corp.

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

Marriott International Inc.

Marvel Entertainment LLC

MasterCard Inc.

Micron Technology Inc.

NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Inc.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

New York State Bar Association

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.

Ohio State University

Palantir Technologies Inc.

Prison Policy Initiative

S&P Global Inc.

Signature Resolution LLC

Sky PLC

Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd.

The Florida Bar

Twitter Inc.

Universal Music Group NV

Virgin Media Inc.

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Werner Enterprises Inc.

X Corp.

Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. Ltd.

YouTube Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Reserve System

Financial Conduct Authority

Florida Supreme Court

Georgia Court of Appeals

National Institutes of Health

New Jersey Legislature

New York Attorney General's Office

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court